Tag Archives: Pie in the Face

A Century of Soupy

Somehow I didn’t realize that Soupy Sales was born 100 years ago the other day. You’d think that I, with my dedication to the pie in the face, would have had the date marked, but…alas, I didn’t. I don’t know … Continue reading

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It wasn’t me. I have an alibi.

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“Let the tool do the work!”

There are times when people are using a particular implement to do a task, but they think they need to be helping it along. Lots of times we reject the idea that there’s a passive element in what we’re trying … Continue reading

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Pi Day 2024!!!

Another year, another Pi Day that I didn’t observe with anything new…sigh…but here’s a repost of an earlier celebration! It’s Pi Day, everyone! It is also Albert Einstein’s birthday and, sadly, this year’s edition marks the passing of Stephen Hawking, … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday (National Pie Day edition)

Today is National Pie Day, which no one seems to really observe anymore seeing as how we’ve adopted March 14, “3.14”, as the quasi-official Pi Day on which we celebrate pie in addtion to pi. But anyway, that being the … Continue reading

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Tabs. So many tabs.

I don’t even know how I end up with this many tabs open. ::  Pop-up Instagram bakeries during the pandemic. This article is a couple years old, but it showed up on some feed or other that I follow, so … Continue reading

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We interrupt our serious content for something silly.

Someone called my attention to a quiz the other day: Can you recognize these classic TV stars with their faces covered in pie? My results weren’t fantastic! A couple are obvious, but several were either process-of-elimination or pure guesswork. Still, … Continue reading

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Speaking of made-up “holidays”….

…today is, according to someone, Pie In The Face Day! If you Google it, several dates come up (July 1 is one), but the most common is November 27. I’ve no idea why November 27 is the date for this, unless the … Continue reading

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National Pie In The Face Day!!!

 According to somebody, November 27 is “National Pie in the Face Day”. The last few days I’ve been posting some of my favorite photos of myself in a pied-face state, with nifty quotes attached, to social media because let’s face … Continue reading

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Thoughts, photos, and videos of the decade just gone by

Wow, another decade is in the books. We’re on to the Twenties. My feelings on the Teens are rather mixed. Societally, worldwide and nationally, I think 2010-2019 represent at best a series of missed opportunities and at worst some serious … Continue reading

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